India's nationalist government has turned sections of the media against minorities. But will its strategy backfire?
A new book by Spencer Ackerman asks us to reframe how we interpret the 'terror' of the post-9/11 era.
A petition to ban lying in parliament is being considered, and high time too: the practice is rotting our body politic.
With its own biodiversity levels at 'unsafe' limits, the UK has fuelled the destruction of habitats elsewhere in the world.
Stories of love and terror amid Egypt's 2011 revolutionary are vividly told in a new novel by Alaa Al Aswany
Disdain of statues is nothing new. Humankind has been squabbling over them for millennia, Alex von Tunzelmann writes.
Once touted as a success story, Bangladesh is facing a rise in Islamist violence
Timothy Brennan's biography of the Palestinian intellectual and activist shows the triumphs and tragedies of his life
This latest failure to save the lives of Afghan nationals comes on the back of a legacy of betrayal by Western nations.
A bill that would punish violence against LGBT people has kicked up a storm between the Italian state and the Catholic Church. We should be questioning why the Vatican holds such power.